Thank a lot @kovacsv and @poco2013 , I achieved exactly the behaviour I wanted. Here's a minimum reproducible example, every spot commented with "Async Test" is directly related to this solution:
#include "APIEnvir.h"
#include "ACAPinc.h"
#include "ResourceIds.hpp"
#include "Thread.hpp" // Async Test
#include "InterruptedException.hpp" // Async Test
static void MyCommand(); // Async Test
static void StartCommandInNewThread(void); // Async Test
GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL MyCommand_Handler(GSHandle /*paramHandle*/, GSPtr /*resultData*/, bool /*silentMode*/); // Async Test
static GSErrCode MenuCommandHandler (const API_MenuParams *menuParams)
{
switch (menuParams->menuItemRef.menuResID)
{
case ID_ADDON_MENU:
switch (menuParams->menuItemRef.itemIndex)
{
case 1:
{
StartCommandInNewThread(); // Async Test
}
break;
}
break;
}
ACAPI_KeepInMemory(true); // Async Test
return NoError;
}
API_AddonType __ACDLL_CALL CheckEnvironment (API_EnvirParams* envir)
{
RSGetIndString (&envir->addOnInfo.name, ID_ADDON_INFO, 1, ACAPI_GetOwnResModule ());
RSGetIndString (&envir->addOnInfo.description, ID_ADDON_INFO, 2, ACAPI_GetOwnResModule ());
return APIAddon_Preload; // Async Test
}
GSErrCode __ACDLL_CALL RegisterInterface (void)
{
ACAPI_Register_SupportedService('TEST', 1); // Async Test
return ACAPI_Register_Menu (ID_ADDON_MENU, 0, MenuCode_Tools, MenuFlag_Default);
}
GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL Initialize (void)
{
ACAPI_Install_ModulCommandHandler('TEST', 1, MyCommand_Handler); // Async Test
return ACAPI_Install_MenuHandler (ID_ADDON_MENU, MenuCommandHandler);
}
GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL FreeData (void)
{
return NoError;
}
// --- Async Test: My parallel command -----------------------------------------------------------
static void MyCommand()
{
GSErrCode err = NoError;
API_ModulID mdid;
BNZeroMemory(&mdid, sizeof(mdid));
mdid.developerID = 1; // {1, 1} works for DEMO
mdid.localID = 1;
int i = 0;
while (true)
{
DBPrintf("\n%d: HTTP GET ()", i); //DEBUG
/*
Pretend there's HTTP GET code here
*/
// Hey, GET returned what I want, let's execute some stuff on the project
if (i % 5 == 0)
{
err = ACAPI_Command_CallFromEventLoop(&mdid, 'TEST', 1, nullptr, false, nullptr); // this is tied to the command handler
if (err != NoError) {
DBPrintf("\nACAPI_Command_CallFromEventLoop failed: %X\n", err);
}
}
Sleep(1000); // Just to advance loop each second
++i;
}
}
// --- Async Test: My command handler, the "escape" from the parallel thread -----------------------------------------------------------
GSErrCode __ACENV_CALL MyCommand_Handler(GSHandle /*paramHandle*/, GSPtr /*resultData*/, bool /*silentMode*/)
{
GSErrCode err = NoError;
DBPrintf("\nMy command!");
// A simple command to change the active window to 3D view so you can notice the command in the program
API_WindowInfo windowInfo;
BNZeroMemory(&windowInfo, sizeof(API_WindowInfo));
windowInfo.typeID = APIWind_3DModelID;
ACAPI_Automate(APIDo_ChangeWindowID, &windowInfo);
return err;
}
// --- Async Test: MonitoredTask class -----------------------------------------------------------
class MonitoredTask : public GS::Runnable {
public:
explicit MonitoredTask();
virtual void Run();
};
MonitoredTask::MonitoredTask()
{
}
void MonitoredTask::Run()
{
try
{
MyCommand(); // My function
}
catch (GS::InterruptedException&)
{
// Empty handler
}
}
// --- Async Test: Start new thread with the Runnable class -----------------------------------------------------------
static void StartCommandInNewThread(void)
{
GS::Thread m_worker(new MonitoredTask(), "CommandInNewThread");
m_worker.Start();
}
